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AMENABLE adjective
UK /əˈmiː.nə.bəl/ US /əˈmiː.nə.bəl/
willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion:
He was amenable to suggestion, and really worked hard to improve himself.
She might be more amenable to the idea if you explained how much money it
would save.
ORTHODOXY NOUN
UK /ˈɔː.θə.dɒk.si/ US /ˈɔːr.θə.dɑːk.si/
Waywardness noun [ U ]
UK /ˈweɪ.wəd.nəs/ US /ˈweɪ.wɚd.nəs/ DISAPPROVING
the quality of being wayward (= doing only what you want, in a way that
is difficult to control):
He was a man of professional brilliance but personal waywardness.
Denied a proper childhood and family life,
she behaves with increasing waywardness.
Tilt verb [ I or T ]
UK /tɪlt/ US /tɪlt/
Lit verb
UK /lɪt/ US /lɪt/
bound adjective
US /bɑʊnd/
bound adjective (CERTAIN)
Know noun
UK /nəʊ/ US /noʊ/ INFORMAL
BE IN THE KNOW
ON A NEED-TO-KNOW BASIS
If you tell people something on a need-to-know basis, you only tell them
the facts they need to know at the time they need to know them, and nothing
more.
Cue noun [ C ]
UK /kjuː/ US /kjuː/
cue noun [ C ] (SIGNAL)
(Hint)
a signal for someone to do something:
[ + to infinitive ] They started washing up, so that was our cue to leave the party.
Respite noun
UK /ˈres.paɪt/ US /ˈres.paɪt/ FORMAL
Convey verb [ T ]
UK /kənˈveɪ/ US /kənˈveɪ/ FORMAL
convey verb [ T ] (COMMUNICATE)
Transmit, express
C1 to express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by
other people:
His poetry conveys a great sense of religious devotion.
Please convey our condolences to the family.
Ver 1 yield up - surrender, as a result of pressure or force
b . cede, surrender, give
up, deliver - relinquish possession or control over; "The squattershad to surrender the building
after the police moved in"
Openness noun [ U ]
UK /ˈəʊ.pən.nəs/ US /ˈoʊ.pən.nəs/
C2 honesty:
If these discussions are to succeed, we'll need openness from/on both sides.
bestow
be liable to do something
to be likely to do something
ser posible que pase algo, tener tendencia a hacer algo
He is liable to get angry if you wake him.
cock-up noun
UK /ˈkɒk·ʌp/ US /ˈkɑkˌʌp/ UK INFORMAL
brief verb
UK /briːf/ US /briːf/
Conceal verb [ T ]
UK /kənˈsiːl/ US /kənˈsiːl/
crooked adjective
UK /ˈkrʊk.ɪd/ US /ˈkrʊk.ɪd/
crooked adjective (BENT)
Hoist verb [ T ]
UK /hɔɪst/ US /hɔɪst/
raid noun [ C ]
UK /reɪd/ US /reɪd/
C2 an occasion when
the police enter a place suddenly in order to find someone or something:
The drugs were found during a police raid on the house.
Heady adjective
UK /ˈhed.i/ US /ˈhed.i/
Embriagador, que se sube a la cabeza
having a powerful effect, making you feel slightly drunk or excited:
a heady wine/perfume
In the heady days of their youth, they thought anything was possible.
dry up
— phrasal verb with dry UK /draɪ/ US /draɪ/ verb [ I or T ]
(WATER)
Seclusion noun [ U ]
UK /sɪˈkluː.ʒən/ US /səˈkluː.ʒən/
Engaging adjective
UK /ɪnˈɡeɪ.dʒɪŋ/ US /ɪnˈɡeɪ.dʒɪŋ/ APPROVING
harbor noun [ C or U ]
UK US harbor UK /ˈhɑː.bər/ US /ˈhɑːr.bɚ/
B1 an area of water next to the coast, often protected from the sea by
a thick wall, where ships and boats can shelter:
Our hotel room overlooked a pretty little fishing harbour.
Agreeable adjective
UK /əˈɡriː.ə.bəl/ US /əˈɡriː.ə.bəl/
agreeable adjective (PLEASANT)
Chum noun
UK /tʃʌm/ US /tʃʌm/
chum noun (FRIEND)
Solicitor noun [ C ]
UK /səˈlɪs.ɪ.tər/ US /səˈlɪs.ə.t̬ ɚ/
C1 a type of lawyer in Britain and Australia who is trained to prepare cases and
giveadvice on legal subjects and can represent people in lower courts:
a firm of solicitors
C2to walk slowly with a lot of effort, especially over a difficult surface or
whilecarrying something heavy:
We trudged back up the hill.
I'd had to trudge through the snow.
uncanny
adjective UK /ʌnˈkæn.i/ US
including everything
exhaustivo
a comprehensive study of the subject
untoward
bedevil
Ever since I started playing tennis, I’ve been bedevilled by back pains.
barb
ally
a person or country that helps you when you are arguing or fighting with
another person or country
aliado, -a
nuisance
a person, thing, or situation that annoys you or causes problems for you
lata, incordio
adjective UK /kəmˈpel.ɪŋ/ US
very exciting and interesting and making you want to watch or listen
fascinante
a compelling story
exertion
noun UK /ɪɡˈzɜː·ʃən/ US /ɪɡˈzɜr·ʃən/
Burden noun [ C ]
UK /ˈbɜː.dən/ US /ˈbɝː.dən/
Dread verb [ T ]
UK /dred/ US /dred/
high-rise noun [ C ]
UK /ˈhaɪ.raɪz/ US /ˈhaɪ.raɪz/
Tremble verb [ I ]
UK /ˈtrem.bəl/ US /ˈtrem.bəl/
I last saw him just last week and thought how old and frail he looked.
querulous adjective
UK /ˈkwer.ə.ləs/ US /ˈkwer.jə.ləs/ FORMAL
cooped up adjective
UK /ˌkuːpt ˈʌp/ US /ˌkuːpt ˈʌp/
If you are cooped up somewhere, you are in a small closed space from which
you cannot escape, or you feel as if you are:
I hate being cooped up inside working when its a sunny day outside.
It's such a tiny office - don't you ever feel cooped up here?
UK /bɑːdʒ/ US /bɑːrdʒ/
UK /ˌʌpˈstriːm/ US /ˌʌpˈstriːm/
berthnoun [C]
UK /bɜːθ/ US /bɝːθ/
a bed in a boat, train, etc., or a place for a ship or boat to stay in a port:
She booked a berth on the ferry from Palermo to Naples.
smudgenoun [C]
UK /smʌdʒ/ US /smʌdʒ/
FIGURATIVE She said we were nearly there, but the island was still no more than
a distant smudge on the horizon.
acrimoniousadjective
UK /ˌæk.rɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/ US /ˌæk.rəˈmoʊ.ni.əs/ FORMAL
bitter
millnoun [C]
UK /mɪl/ US /mɪl/
Janet was surprised by how nice Tom looked once he had dressed for the ball; he
scrubbed up nicely.
protractedadjective
UK /prəˈtræk.tɪd/ US /prəˈtræk.tɪd/
a protracted argument/discussion
desultory
adjective UK /ˈdes.əl.tər.i/ US /ˈdes.əl.tɔːr.i/ FORMAL
en route
adverb US ALSO enroute UK /ˌɒnˈruːt/ US /ˌɑːn-/
The bomb exploded while the plane was en route from Paris to Tokyo.
memento
noun UK /mɪˈmen·təʊ/ US /məˈmen·toʊ/
cunning
adjective UK /ˈkʌn·ɪŋ/ US /ˈkʌn·ɪŋ/
matter-of-fact
adjective UK /ˌmæt.ə.rəvˈfækt/ US /ˌmæt̬ .ɚ.əv-/
devoid
adjective UK /dɪˈvɔɪd/ US FORMAL
be devoid of sth
lain
UK /leɪn/ US /leɪn/
accretion
noun UK /əˈkriː.ʃən/ US /əˈkriː.ʃən/ FORMAL
The room hadn’t been cleaned for years and showed several accretions of dirt and dust.